morning untreated surfaces wl get slick with some icy spots out there. we are below freezing in boston at 30, 31 in orange. a lot of those driveways and sidewalks though still locked into the ice. that form last night once the temperatures did fall. the radar right now looks quiet, but the low-level moisture almost goes under the radar. so we've had some areas of freezing fog and some very fine patchy mist has been freezing on contact. i do expect a better chance of showers to develop late this evening and close to midnight tonight. as showers break out and develop across pennsylvania and upstate new york and work into southern new england. patchy freezing drizzle and mist for a few showers and after 9:00, 10:00, we'll get steadier showers in here and that may fall in the form of freezing

morning. i'll have more on the forecast straight ahead. >> all right, this is bill cosby's must shot released in the last hour or so. this is the case brought against comedian after sexual assault charges were charged earlier this year. he is charged with aggravated indecent assault stemming from an incident back in 2004 involving a temple university employee but tonight attorneys say the case is not justified and vigorously will defend the comedian's name. >> reporter: he was once a wildly popular comedian but bill cosby's stage wednesday was a courtroom near philadelphia for arraignment on a charge filed earlier in the day of sexual assaulting a woman. >> there is one charge that is filed?

involves an employee who cosby invited into his foster home home back in 2004. >> on the evening in question, mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine. the effect of which rendered her unable to remove or respond to his advances and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. >> reporter: andrea constand previously came forward as the alleged victim in a civil suit and through her attorneys expressed appreciation to pennsylvania authorities for finally charging cosby. she's one of more than 50 women who say they were drugged and or sexually assaulted by cosby and who, according to legal analysts, could be called to testify against him. >> the game changer sheer that bill cosby may very well have to hear not only the victim in this case, but the testimony of all of the other alleged victims with a similar m.o. talk to him in court and have their moment against him in a criminal setting.

all agencies but his bond was set at $1 million and his passport was confiscated. >> prosecutors say that cosby gave her wine and pills so she could not call out. at one point in an interview, cosby admitted giving queludes to women. >> police say he hit a car full of secret service agents providing security for hillary clinton. the victim will a long criminal record we're told. wakefield, new hampshire tonight with a look at what happened. kimberly. >> police tell us this man's 2014. road. his family tells us by phone he was simply driving home. >> driving without a license, police say 45-year-old bruce danforth, a new hampshire roofer, dad of five and grandfather of seven, was in

passed a car on icy route 16 in wakefield, new hampshire tuesday night. >> he crossed over the double yellow line and entered into the southbound lane colliding with the ford taurus. all of the federal employees were wearing seat belts but have serious injuries and are in the hospital. it's believed they just come from surveying a campaign fight in berlin. >> they were working as part of the protectionests for secretary clinton. >> reporter: presidential candidate hillary clinton released a statement saying my husband and i send our prayers and condolences to all the victims and their families. we are grateful every day for the service, dedication and professionalism of the u.s. secret service. meantime, danforth's passengers, his girlfriend natasha and friend chris buswell are also hospitalized. police say danforth has a long criminal history including drug offenses and a autopsy on his body was done this morning. >> we have arrested him.

and just generally we're familiar with him. >> and police tell us hillary clinton's motorcade actually passed through the crash scene some five hours after the collision occurred. reporting live from wakefield, new hampshire, kimberly bookman, a boston police officer is injured when a cruiser is involved in an accident near brighton. and you can see the cruiser at the front, it's banged up. hospital. also breaking tonight, the mayor of brufs announcing that the city's new year's eve fireworks display is canceled, all because of a terrorist threat from extremists. two people were arrested yesterday and officials say they were planning to attack high-profile sites around the city during the holiday. police have also arrested two men in turkey who they believe were planning suicide attacks during new year's celebration there is. they found suicide vests, a backpack explosive and other bomb making equipment. police also discover what they call an isis safehouse. both suspects are turkish

spent time in syria. back here in boston, officials putting safety first for first night. security will be tight, as you can imagine. so if you're out and about, you can expect to see an increase in police presence. susan tran live in boston now to tell us more. susan. >> adam, the preparations for first night well underway. you can see a fan favorite to the ice sculpture being created right here at copley square. and while this work is going on, the boston police commissioner says they have a clear plan about the safety concerns and the security plans. now, he says they will have utilizing officers on site and plain clothes officers as well. he also emphasized that there are no threats, no threats leading up to first night this year. he says boston police is working in contact with new york police department and the fbi, and he only has one thing that he is encouraging folks to do. that's to leave backpacks and coolers, if they can, leave they

something, say something. >> we'll have plenty of officers out there, bomb dogs, everything possible but i'm always a little wary of having an overpresence that we intimidate people. there's a lot of undercover officers out there, there's a lot of assets hidden away. but, you know, i'm very confident but i always encourage the public, like any event, if they see something out of the ordinary they have to say something. >> so in will definitely be police presence in the area as folks are enjoying all of these festivities, but the commissioner wanted to make sure that no one is intimidated, as he says, of too much police presence but encourages everyone to come out. the festivities, there is a parade at 6:00, fireworks at 7:00 and midnight, and the mbta wants to let everyone know again, t service is free after 8:00 tomorrow. live in copley square, susan tran, 7news. the winter classic just days away. gillette stadium is iced over now. crews have been preparing the rink for more than a week now.

in this time-lapse video. fans are excited for the big new year's day event. >> and the bruins are ready to take on a big rival the montreal canadiens before the big crowd. trey is there live tonight to kick off our winter classic coverage. >> yeah, liz, adam, the bruins become the first team in nhl classic twice. the bruins are actually taking the ice for a family skate earlier today as the stadium is getting fit to be a temporary home to the best rivalry in

is. >> it was a fun hour, i guess. >> good see everyone's families and everyone is always having a good time out there and a lot of smiles. >> and with both teams separated by just 1 point in the stands, it won't be hard to ramp up the intensity for friday's showdown between the long-time rivals. >> the regular season game, it's a special moment for everyone and you want to play your best. >> now, the winter classic primarily just a big spectacle but this has a lot of meaning to it and the bruins and canadiens only play each other two more times the rest of the way towards the play-offs. >> it's not just hockey fans pumped for this year's winter classic but the patriots are thrilled to be sharing their stadium with the bs for the

jong than hall also down in gillette tonight where the players are showing their bruins colors. jonathan. >> hey, liz. yeah, pretty cool, we saw the goalie, skated around a patriots pom-pom hat, of course the guard has been installed here in foxboro and the patriots are watching. they're not getting distracted but certainly are interested. >> the bruins invade gillette football country, some of them speaking in foreign tongue. the. >> we're definitely going to route on its guys and looking forward to that. >> do you learn to hate them? you might call steven ice on the field. he almost never misses his chants at 3 point and loves hockey. he's friends with several present and former players

got all their big play-off runs and got to go to a bunch of the stanley cup games, so huge fan, huge supporter and probably no team be around here like them. >> and for some guys, this hockey stuff is all pretty new. >> did you ever strap on any skates in your life? no, never. never did. >> you're not ready to play for the black and gold, are new. >> no, not yet, man. give me a little bit. >> reporter: back-up qb jimmy in tom brady's shadow had how does he feel about sharing space with these hockey heroes. >> does he get to use your locker? >> i wouldn't be surprised. >> jimmy, your locker is safe and so is tom's. the bruins will be using the nfl visitors locker room and the canadiens will be in the revolution locker room.

and don't forget the bruins host them right here on nbc. the puck drops at 1:00 and stay tuned for complete postgame coverage. >> boston's licensing says there won't be -- a deadly shooting outside the bar on thanksgiving morning. the board saying the shooting on the street outside was unforeseeable. >> an innocent bi stander who we have on the screen here was killed in the shooting. a 29-year-old was an mbta commuter rail conductor. >> ethan and tonya couch were detained in puerto vallarta mexico monday. texas authorities are investigating that couch violated the terms of his probation before leaving the country.

probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. his lawyers argued that couch couldn't tell right from wrong because of his privileged upbringing. now couch and his mother face jail time. in a race for the white house now, donald trump says he is going to step up advertising for his campaign. the republican presidential candidate says he is going to start running more commercials in swing states like new hampshire and iowa. the tv ads will likely be about his plans for a border wall and fighting isis. trump says despite his big lead in the polls, he is not leaving anything to chance. >> i feel i should spend, and honestly i don't want to take any chances. >> he's wasted $4 million, not spent it. there's a big difference. >> trump has spent only $217,000 on commercial so far which is really a drop in the bucket. it's the least of any republican candidate. >> and still to come tonight, people in missouri in the midst of a very dangerous and historic flooding event. the military being called in.

police confirmed they've found the names of men that kidnapped a man two years ago. what led to the discovery. and an investigation underway to figure out what went wrong. and coming up in just one hour, the patriots have a chance to lock up home field advantage this weekend. tom brady talking about what it will take. >> and the firefighters in woburn with a common goal, helping a child fight

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loading it with sodas and drinks and may be staying in that. >> but families will not be able to use the major artery to evacuate. we have count. roads that will stay underwater for several days. >> flooding has contaminated the primary water supply in some areas, not welcome news since rivers aren't expected to crest until thursday. >> we are here before the water rises, or after it falls. we're here until this place is become to where it was before, and sometimes that takes a while. >> hoping mother nature will let go of her grip on the midwest before more lives and homes are lost. >> federal officials are monitoring levies on the mississippi river, hoping they won't give way. the floodwaters are expected to reach the end of the river of new orleans next week. coming up next on 7, another great debate. you're gonna like this, taking the internet by storm. the big question bringing a big smile and a whole lot of s about our four-legged friends.

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there. here's the temperatures... for us, when are we gonna break out the subfreezing temperatures? a lot of us think it will be by tomorrow, certainly by the afternoon. but it does fall below freezing for several hours this evening. you notice the visibilities one mile or less for many towns close to boston and just to the south and west of boston. there's a lot of low-level moisture trapped in the lowest 500,000 feet of the atmosphere we have had patch fog out there so far. we have freezing rain advisory essentially from boston to braintree points north and west until 3:00 in the morning. expecting freezing drizzle and freezing rain and any untreated surfaces. the ice will glaze over and certainly will need the ice

morning and in the evening. the radar is quiet but we have a patchy freezing mess out there at this time. take a look to the west of us, upstate new york to pennsylvania, some showers -blossoming. there will be steadier shower activity that works in tonight. most of this after about 9:00 or 10:00 tonight and if temperatures are still below freezing, which they will be especially north and west of boston, it will fall as a period of some freezing rain so we'll have to keep that in mind, as well. and i think the shower activity tapers off fairly quickly tomorrow. could have lingering showers until 7:00, 8:00 in the morning and then that's it. what's also important is the warmer air to the west of us. buffalo down to pittsburgh. that will work in tomorrow and if we can get the wind this here and mix up the atmosphere and scour out that cold, the numbers will jump, and pretty confident they're going to jump tomorrow. today was a tough day, though. couldn't do much picking out there with this atmosphere, this cold dense air in place. different story tomorrow, watch what happens from the morning

the numbers jumping back up into the 40s and then we can thaw out the driveways tomorrow afternoon. so it'll be a nice break. for dismeef new year's day, first night forecast in the city of boston tomorrow night a little bit of a breeze. midnight temperatures about 35 degrees. windchill factor down around 25. we've had much colder in the past with the partly cloudy skies pretty enjoyable in the city of boston. cold air overnight weekend, especially by monday, maybe a monday. that should be about it. >> chris, thanks. still ahead, we're hearing from the officers who braved the flames to save a woman from her burning home in webster. >> and the celtics could run up their winning streak tonight but headline. kobe bryant set to make his

>> we have another hour of seven news straight ahead. i'm adam williams. >> 7news at 5:30 starts right now. >> police say they found the remains of a man kidnapped near three years ago. why they think a love triangle started all of his troubles. >> and law enforcement not taking any chances. we'll show you the extra steps being taken for new year's eve celebrations. >> and drinking, driving and facebooking. the post that landed this man in jail. >> plus the big surprise these kids are getting from the boston bruins. >> closure for a local family, investigators confirm the remains found upton are of a missing man from avon. it comes nearly two years after he was kidnapped from his home. >> four men have been charged with his abduction.